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The Universal Circus.

Part 1

Speed,Trixie,Spritle and Chim-Chim are on their way to compete in the
Nightona Handicap in the city of Nightona (opposite of Daytona...get
it??). As they enter the city, a
crowd has gethered below a building. On the top of the skyscraper, an
attractive girl in a circus outfit is standing on the edge. She jumps,
scaring the on onlookers. On her way down she does some flips and lands on a
large air bag, bounces off it, and lands on her feet in the street. The
stunt is an advertisement for the Universal Circus that has come to town.
The girl, Twinkle Banks, spots Speed,
whose clearly impressed with her, and
winks at him. Trixie's not so happy about that. As a result, when Spritle
wants to go to the circus, Trixie thinks that the upcoming race will
conveniently leave no time whatsoever to go. But when Spritle and Chim-Chim
cry loudly, Trixie gives in.

In the circus tent, our happy foursome are impressed by the auto-oriented
circus. Chimps enter the circus ring driving all sorts of old-fashioned cars
(similar to the cars in the closing credits of the cartoon). One nicely
dressed male chimp finishes eating his cob of corn and throws it, hitting
Chim-Chim. Chim-Chim, looking to restore
his injured pride, sneaks backstage
and dons a tux. He comes out juggling pins, then throw a pin at the
corn-eating chimp, which knocks him out. Chim-Chim hops up next to the
female chimp happy as can be. But then he crashes into a gorilla cage. The
female chimp is angry, but not half as much as the gorilla who grabs
Chim-Chim and hits him. Ouch.

After this little monkey business, out comes the star of the circus,
Twinkle Banks, driving her flashy
little sports car. Speed is the only one
in the entire circus clapping enthusiastically. Twinkle spots him and has a
twinkle in her eye matching the Twinkle in Speed's... She heads into
some sort of cylinder with banked sides. As she drives faster and faster, the
sides seem to become vertical so that the centrifugal reaction -- not
``force,'' don't you know... -- keeps her aloft. A clown, Twinkle's dad
and the circus owner, is at a control that
lifts the cylinder high above the circus floor, but the lever is jams.

Meanwhile, Twinkle is hanging from
the steering wheel, standing on the
hood and doing those flashy death-defying stunts that circus people love, as
her car is zipping round and round the cylinder. A bad guy,
Cornpone Brotch,
looking on, says accident will fit right into plans. When much time elapses,
Speed realizes something must be wrong. The
clown tells him that the lever
is stuck. Without hesitation, Speed runs to a support pole, climbs up to the
cylinder. Twinkle, exhausted, has passed out in the driver's seat. Speed
hops in as the car comes round again. The cylindrical track begins shaking
and eventually begins to crack. At that point, Speed picks up Twinkle and
jumps to safety on a trapeze platform just as the car crashes through the
cylinder.

In Twinkle's trailer, while she
rests in bed, her dad thanks Speed for
saving her. When Speed says the equipment was not in good repair, Mr. Banks
tells the gang that the circus is not making money, so the equipment is in
bad shape. He goes on that they had many animals that they loved dearly.
The fed the animals only the best food and gave them the best care till the
circus almost went bankrupt. Speed and Trixie feel so bad, they give Mr.
Banks what money they have in their pockets. Spritle and Chim-Chim donate
their candy, maybe an even bigger sacrifice! As they leave the father
and daughter in the trailer, Mr.
Brotch watches from a distance.

Back at the hotel garage, Sparky is
changing the gears and differential so
that the Mach Five will be ready for the upcoming Nightona Handicap
race. However, Soeed and Trixie hop in the
Mach Five and speed away to find the
Universal Circus; Speed, to check on Twinkle, Trixie, to keep an eye on
Speed. She's a bit annoyed at Speed's interest in the girl. At any rate,
the circus has already left town, so they return to the hotel. In the garage
again, Trixie turns on the Mach Five's radio where they hear a story that
Twinkle Banks will cross the Niagara Falls on a tightrope in her car. As
Speed and Trixie speed off again, Sparky hollers that ``You'll never make the
Nightona Race.''

At the falls, Mr. Brotch
is in the audience saying to himself that it'll be
``fascinating'' to watch. Nearby, Mr.
Banks, dressed in his clown suit, says
to Twinkle that it's 3,000 feet across
the falls and 150 feet down; that
there's no room for even a small mistake. Mr. Banks seems to feel guilty
that his daughter is doing for publicity for his failing circus. Mr. Banks
thanks Mr. Brotch then. Brotch, it turns out, came up with the idea and
funded the entire thing.

Worried about potential wind, Banks
listens to the radio and hears that a
storm is approaching from the Canadian side. (Twinkle will leav from the US
side.) When he goes to tell his daughter to call it off,
Mr. Brotch won't
hear of it. He has three of his men restrain Banks. Brotch then dresses in
Banks' clown outfit, even fooling Twinkle. On the way to the falls, Speed,
too, hears the weather forecast and rushes to get there in time to stop
Twinkle. He's too late, though. She has already begun the stunt.

At the foot of the falls, we see a crane and a large pipe.
Brotch and his
men are standing nearby. Brotch has a treasure map showing that a secret
cave exists behind the falls and indicates where treasure was hidden by the
Indians centuries ago. He arranged Twinkle's stunt to keep prying eyes from
his escapade.

By now, the storm has arrived, and the strong wind is causing Twinkle's
car to sway on the double tightrope (one for each set of wheels). Just as
Mr. Banks says he can't bear to watch,
Twinkle's car plunges into the falls
below. Luckily, she leaped clear and is hanging from one pf the tightropes.
Speed and Sparky begin removing the Mach Five tires so that
Speed can drive out
on the ropes to save her.

Below, Brotch has driven
into the cave via the large pipe. He says
Twinkle's predicament will only
further divert attention from him.

Up on the ropes, Speed has rescued Twinkle. But first one, then the other
rope breaks dropping them into the water below. Speed has already closed the
cockpit and started the oxygen supply going. But due to the string currents
from the falls, the Mach Five keeps getting tumbled back to the same place.
When the remaining 15 minutes of the oxygen supply runs down, Speed and
Twinkle begin having trouble breathing (though the noises they make sound
more like they're...well, listen for yourself).

Just as Speed is losing hope for survival,
he recalls hearing that there's
a secret cave behind the Niagara Falls. Sure enough, they find it, drive up
onto dry land and take deep breaths. Walking ahead, they see old totem poles
centuries old. One falls nearby and almost hits them.
Brotch and his three
henchmen are there laughing. They're standing by the huge pile of gold bars
they located. Over the radio, one of Brotch's men warns him that the police
are on their way to the foot of the falls to check on the cars that fell from
the tightropes. Brotch tells him to blow up the entrance to be sure no one
finds them, and that the map shows a back entrance to the cave. Speed then
tries to fight his way out but is quickly subdued, at which point he and
Twinkle are tied up. Even if they
free themselves, Britch warns, there are
hundreds of passages. On his way out, Brotch steals the Mach Five to add it to
his collection of stolen cars. Hmm, who put the tires back on I wonder, and
where'd they get them in the cave??

Outside of the cave, Trixie,Sparky,Spritle and Chim-Chim are at the base
of the
falls with the police. It occurs to Trixie that she might be able to use the
police helicopter's radio to contact the Mach Five. She succeeds but only to
the point of contacting Brotch.
He laughs that they'll never find Speed and
Twinkle.

Speed and Twinkle, though, are not so easily
stumped. Twinkle uses her
circus skills to escape from the ropes. Once free she and Speed follow the
Mach Five tire tracks to the secret exit.

Trixie, meanwhile, is yelling at
Brotch
for being so mean as she flies the
chopper with Spritle and Chim-Chim who are along for ride. I guess the
police didn't
mind! She happens to spot Brotch and his men leaving the cave and smartly
assumes Speed and Twinkle will find the same exit. When
they do, everyone
hops in the chopper. They fly high so that Brotch won't know he's being
tailed, and follow him to his hideout. In little time, they are entering
South Dakota (!) and we see Brotch has a secret rock doorway to enter his
fortress by Mt. Rushmore in the Black Hills. Speed, Trixie, Twinkle, Spritle
and Chim-Chim search without success till nightfall for a secret door. As
they are looking, Speed and the others notice a bright glint come from the
eye of one of the Rushmore presidents. Twinkle and Chim-Chim scale the rock
face and lower a rope for Speed. Trixie and Sparky can't climb it, so they
wait behind.

Inside the eye, Speed and Twinkle discover a long hallway with
walls and
doors made of metal. While they begin looking for Twinkle's father, they see
many stolen works of art. Then they find a room with the stolen cars and go
in when they spot the Mach Five. But
Brotch is waiting for them
already. He
has many black panthers that he sets upon Speed and Twinkle. Speed grabs a
crank off an Model T style car and does his best to swat at the panthers.
Twinkle jumps and tries to hang from a chandelier above the snapping jaws of
the panthers.

Outside, Trixie is as resourceful as ever
and lands the police chopper atop
Mt. Rushmore -- Sparky must have stayed
below. She and Spritle go in and are
greeted by an excited Chim-Chim. He shows
them where Speed and Twinkle are.
Trixie and the rest get in the Mach Five, rush in and save Speed and Twinkle.
Once in, Speed closes the cockpit just in time.
Brotch has been laughing all
the while at their predicament. The Mach Five lightly hits one panther, the
Mach Five saws give one a close haircut, while the auto-jacks punch yet another.
From the trunk, Spritle and Chim-Chim are doing what they can with a
slingshot and hit one panther. But then Brotch releases sleeping gas into
the room. The cats are knocked out, so Speed runs to open the door. As the
cats begin waking up, Spritle and Chim-Chim pop a piece of candy into the
mouths of each. At this gesture, the cats become fast friends with the Go
Team.

Breaking free from the room, the Mach Five speeds down the hallway while
Brotch's men shoot at it. Spritle and Chim-Chim are on the backs of panthers
that now attack Brotch's men leaving them dazed and in need of bandaging.
They manage to find Twinkle's dad, but
he is in a cage joined to another
housing a lion. Brotch has his
handle on a lever to open the door separating
the two. Speed has good intentions when he
sends the homing robot after
Brotch, but the robot actually bumps Brotch's arm causing the lever to be
pulled. The lion wals over into Mr. Banks'
cage and begins snapping at him.

Twinkle tells her father to
remember when he was the best animal trainer
in the world, and so on. He regains his courage, and with a whip already in
the cage, tames the lion who returns to his cage.

Brotch admits defeat, but
says he will kill them. Right then, the
panthers come roaring in chasing Brotch. Trixie: ``For a fat man, he
certainly can move fast!''

Some time later, we're back at Niagara Falls on a bright, sunny day.
Twinkle is on a double car-tightrope
again. One breaks and she and the clown
in the car drive back with two wheels on just one rope. Everyone is happy,
and the clown? Yeah, it's Speed!